Before you prompt
Walk in with a first draft worth building on instead of three rounds of “that’s not quite it.” We’ll show you how we load the useful details in before we type a word, and how to make AI tell you what it still needs.
Humans Only
This workshop is right for you if...
You use AI for emails, slides, proposals, or reports, and you’ve caught yourself thinking, “I could’ve done this faster myself.”
Or it hands you something that looks good, and you still spend twenty minutes checking whether it changed what you meant.
Or it tells you your idea is brilliant, when what you needed was someone to spot the holes.
We’ve spent plenty of time explaining ourselves to a chatbot too, which is why we built this.
Camille Holden & Taylor Croonquist
Co-founders & Trainers
Camille, a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP and LinkedIn Learning instructor, makes dry material click. Taylor, a Pluralsight author with a finance background, brings the shortcuts for the high-stakes decks corporate teams actually live in.
Meet Your Trainers
2 Humans Who Did the AI Homework
You know us as the speed people, the ones who find faster ways to work in PowerPoint and Excel. We don’t stop at the hype. We dig in until we understand how a tool really works and where it actually saves you time.
We did the same with AI. We’ve put more than $3,500 into training from AI experts and another $1,000 in credits across the tools we test, and rebuilt our own website and business with it along the way. This workshop is the short version: the tricks we still use every day, and the ones we wish someone had shown us a year ago.
Companies pay us $10,000 a day to train their teams. In this workshop, you get the same two trainers for $49.
What’s Included in the Workshop
Your registration includes
- The live 90-minute workshop with Taylor and Camille, including three short practice rounds and about 25 minutes of Q&A.
- The session recording, so you can revisit the demonstrations. Available for one week after the session.
- A reference sheet with the techniques, example prompts, and the practice material.
Three places to win back time
Where AI eats your time, and what we do about it at each step.
While you work
Learn when one more correction is worth it and when it’s time to stop arguing. You’ll see how to get a critique that names what’s weak, and how to recover when a chat goes sideways without losing the parts you like.
After you get a draft
Decide whether you’d put your name on it. Then, when you land on a result you love, set yourself up so next week’s version starts from there instead of from a blank chat.
Questions you may have
Is this a course about making PowerPoint presentations with AI?+
We will use presentation examples, but the techniques apply to everyday office work too. This session focuses on directing and reviewing AI in a chat. Building a finished deck inside PowerPoint is outside this workshop’s scope.
Which AI tool should I use?+
Use a browser and an AI tool you are already permitted to use. The planned practice options are Claude, ChatGPT, and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. We will send preparation instructions before the session. You only need one tool.
I use a different AI tool, or I use it inside Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. Can I still join?+
Yes. Clauder, Geminite, GPT-Head, Perplexitarian, Copiloteer, Grok-Star, or proud member of the Whatever-It-Gave-Me club, you’re welcome, and so is your browser, desktop app, phone, or the AI built into your Office apps. The techniques work wherever you use AI. For the practice rounds, see the question above so everyone can follow the same example.
Who is this workshop not for?+
Anyone looking for AI 101, like opening an account or sending a first prompt. Anyone who needs help signing into their Copilot accounts; your IT department is the place to start. And developers who want to build AI into their own apps. If you came for API keys and code samples, this is the wrong workshop.
How much experience do I need?+
You should be able to sign in, open a chat, and send a message. If you have tried a few prompts and want more useful results, this session is designed for you.
Will I need my own work files?+
We will supply practice material. You can participate without bringing company documents, client information, or a project of your own.
What if my tool is slow or I cannot complete an exercise?+
Each exercise stands on its own. We will return to a shared example so you can follow the review and try the exercise again afterward.
What Are You Waiting For?
AI is one more tool on your desk, and how you work with it matters more than which one you picked. Give us 90 minutes and you’ll leave with techniques you can use that same afternoon.
Wed, Nov 18 · 9:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM Eastern · 90 minutes · live online
$49 per person
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